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South Korea's insane coup plot exposed: Attack North Korea to justify martial law

39 minutes Posted Dec 14, 2024 at 12:00 am.

Intro

Yoon Suk Yeol, DC darling

Authoritarianism in South Korea & Japan

Washington's anti-China alliance

Yoon plotted war with North Korea

Yoon ordered military to assault lawmakers

South Korean opposition

Crazy coup plot

Coup planned in advance

Opposition warned of martial law

Yoon's corruption & unpopularity

Class war

Chaebols: corporate oligopolies

US military bases

South Korea: a US "client"

(CLIP) Yoon's speech to US Congress

Yoon blames "Chinese spies"

US cultivates anti-China assets

Lee Jae-myung opposes conflict with China

Japan

NATO

USA targets "Axis of Adversaries"

US nuclear threats

NYPD spends more than DPRK military

Korean War

USA killed 20% of North Korea's population

UK plans for world war

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South Korea's US-backed President Yoon Suk Yeol launched a coup attempt, but failed. He tried to provoke war with North Korea by attacking with drones, hoping to justify imposing martial law, but the DPRK showed restraint. Ben Norton analyzes the geopolitics of the crisis, addressing NATO, China, Japan, and more.

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